Transport Minister Garneau scoops up Simard as new communications director

Transport Minister Marc Garneau has a new communications director, while Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay's D. Comms, Guy Gallant, has taken leave to help out his former boss, New Brunswick Premier Brian Gallant, in the upcoming provincial election. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade, and file photo

The first-of-its-kind challenge of two 2014 rulings by the House Board of Internal Economy will set important legal precedent when it comes to the application and scope of parliamentary privilege protections in Canada.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau will likely release his much-awaited plan to help Canadian businesses affected by U.S. tax cuts as part of the fall economic update, but there's plenty more that could come out of it.